the knife of love

Chapter 41 Confession, what is she insisting on

Guan Lue spent almost a whole day in Nine Commanders, grinding all the coffee beans into powder.

The waitresses in the back kitchen of Nine Commanders all found it strange that the boss rarely stayed in the store for such a long time.

When Ye Tan came in, Guan Lue was putting the freshly ground powder into a small jar, and the room was filled with the mellow coffee aroma.

"Ninth Brother..."

"Is something wrong?"

Ye Tan glanced at the two waiters behind him, Guan slightly understood, and sent them away.

"Let's talk!" He still lowered his head and was tinkering with the beans, pouring the beans into the grinder, and the metal blades were twisting and turning inside.

Ye Qin obediently took another jar and handed it to him, but said in his mouth: "Brother Nine, the people below have just received news that Yang Xi was found dead in the villa of Xinyue Bay by the community security yesterday. According to the autopsy report, She had been dead for at least two days when the body was found, and many fingerprints of Tang Jingcheng were found at the crime scene, so she was taken away by the police as the first suspect this afternoon."

Guan slightly clasped the can with a shaking hand.

"how is this possible!"

"Really, this is probably the case. Because the detailed autopsy report has not yet come out, the specific cause of death is unknown, but according to the situation at the scene, Yang Xi should have died from blunt object knocking, and there were no signs of fighting at the scene, so the police judged that it was caused by an acquaintance. for."

"Acquaintance?" Guan slightly stopped what he was doing.

With the relationship between Tang Jingcheng and Yang Xi, they can indeed be called "acquaintances". What's more, the two are incompatible, so they even have a criminal motive.

Guan slightly smiled: "The situation is troublesome?"

"It's more than troublesome. The police have adjusted the surveillance video around Xinyue Bay in the past few days, but because it is a new villa area, the surveillance equipment has not been fully installed, and it happened to be audited and debugged in those few days, and the cameras around Villa No. 15 happened to be in It was closed for a few hours on the day of the incident, but the security guard at the gate said that he did see Tang Jingcheng's car parked at the gate of No. 15 in the evening two days ago, as for when he left, the security guard said he didn't pay attention."

In other words, Tang Jingcheng had no alibi.

Guan slightly frowned: "It's really troublesome, but haven't we been watching around the villa all the time? Didn't we find anything in those two days?"

Ye Tan suddenly became troubled, and hesitated: "Ninth brother, I asked you before I came to you. It is true that someone has been watching, but after all, it is a high-end neighborhood, and it is easy to attract attention if you watch too closely, so..."

"So it's just perfunctory?"

Ye Tan didn't dare to continue, she rarely saw Guan Lue's face so gloomy.

"What about the people who followed Yang Xi?"

"Yang Xi's side..." Ye Tan was even more speechless, "The people who followed Yang Xi saw her enter Xinyue Bay on the day of the incident, and they haven't come out since then, so... just... didn't follow her... "

Guan Lue's eyes turned cold in an instant, he threw the can in his hand to the ground, and the freshly ground coffee powder was scattered all over the ground...

Ye Qin took several steps back in fright.

How many years has it been, how many years haven't I seen this man get so angry?
"Brother Nine..."

"Don't call me Ninth Brother! Did you all put my words to your ears? Some time ago, Yang Xi was in a car accident on the road, which meant that someone was going to attack her, but in the end she died in the villa for two days. The community security found out, do you think it makes sense?"

Ye Tan's heart hung on his throat, and he didn't dare to look into Guan Lue's eyes.

Guan Lue kicked the can far away.

"Ask those people who are staring at Yang Xi to come see me!"

……

When the night was getting dark, Yu Huanxi finally saw Tang Jingcheng coming out of the police station, so she got out of the car and ran over.

"Jing Cheng, what's going on? Then why did Yang Xi die suddenly, and you, how can you be a suspect if you are so good?"

Tang Jingcheng opened her empty eyes and didn't look at Yu Huanxi. During the few hours of making a statement at the police station, she felt like she was floating in mid-air as if she was weightless.

Floating and sinking, half-conscious and half-awake.

Seeing her like this, Yu Huanxi didn't dare to ask any more questions, for fear of touching her emotions for a while and causing another attack.

"Okay, okay, don't think about it anymore, sister Huanxi believes that you are innocent, and the police should find out the truth soon, let's go, and send you back first! Sister Ming'er will find you a good lawyer, it's okay...it's okay... ..." Yu Huanxi gave her incoherent consolation, and after consoling Tang Jingcheng, she straightened Tang Jingcheng's messy hair on her forehead, and helped her into the car.

……

Guan Lue held in his hand the photos and reports of the crime scene sent by Ye Qin. The reports showed that Tang Jingcheng had found the real estate transfer materials that Tang Jingcheng had given to Yang Xi at the scene, and her fingerprints were extracted from the materials and file bags.

In addition, according to Tang Jingcheng's confession, she stated that she gave Yang Xi a key to the vault of Qiu Qiguan's studio on the day of the incident, but the police did not find the key at the scene.

In addition, from the photos at the scene, it can be seen that Yang Xi's body is lying on the floor of the living room, her belly is on the ground, and her eyes are wide open. From this, it can be inferred that the murderer attacked her from behind. Throwing a wedding photo of Tang Jingcheng and Qiu Qiguan, the photo was splattered with Yang Xi's blood.

On the second day, the police officially released the autopsy report, clarifying the cause of death of the victim, confirming that Yang Xi died of a blunt object blow to the back of the skull, and the time of death was determined to be between 11:9 am and 2:4 am on November [-]th.

Ye Qin went to the Ninth Commander to find Guan Lue at noon.

"Ninth Brother, Tang Jingcheng was taken away by the police again this morning to make a second confession, and he hasn't come out of the police station yet."

Guan Lue took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it: "What did she say in the statement?"

"It is said that during the cross-examination, she was emotionally unstable, shouting and yelling, insisting that she did not kill Yang Xi, but she still couldn't produce a clear alibi, so the situation is not good for her now, and she does have a motive for killing .”

Ye Qin paid attention to Guan Lue's expression while reporting.

Guan Lue didn't speak all the time, he sat on the wicker chair with the back window and smoked continuously, the light couldn't shine on his face, and he could only see his bright black eyes from the white smoke.

In the evening, the news came out again.

Tang Jingcheng's request for bail was rejected by the police, and her family members were not allowed to visit her until the case was closed. Yu Huanxi asked a lawyer who specializes in criminal cases to go in and have a talk with her.

The lawyer's surname is Fang.

The lawyer came out an hour later, and Yu Huanxi met him immediately.

"Lawyer Fang, what do you say?"

"This case is a bit tricky. Let's not say that the current evidence is quite unfavorable to Ms. Tang. She is also extremely uncooperative. When I ask her about everything, she is vague and inconsistent. This makes me want to help her. I don't know what to do. Where to start!"

Yu Huanxi was anxious like an ant on a hot pot: "Lawyer Fang, you must help me. I believe she must have been wronged. It is impossible and unnecessary for her to commit murder and break the law!"

"But it's useless for you to believe. You have to believe the police and the judge!"

"Then what should we do now?" Yu Huanxi also lost her mind.

Lawyer Fang raised the eyes on the bridge of his nose: "For the time being, let me go back and investigate the case thoroughly before discussing it in the long term."

"Then she just stayed inside like this?"

Lawyer Fang sighed: "I can't release him on bail for the time being, so we can only stay inside."

"How can this be done? She has autonomic disorder. If she stays in that kind of place for a few days, even if she can come out, she will probably be completely insane..." Yu Huanxi was already a little incoherent.

Lawyer Fang suddenly interrupted her: "Miss Yu, what did you just say? She has autonomic disorder?"

"Yes, it was diagnosed about three months ago, and the condition is still relatively serious. During this time, I have not received systematic treatment."

Lawyer Fang gave a "hmm" and pushed down his glasses again: "Okay, I see, I will contact you if there is any further news."

After Ninth Commander closed, Guan Lue took the recording pen and sat by the window of the store for a full two hours.

The faint light in the alley came in through the glass windows, making the outline of half of Guan Lue's face look even more handsome.

Ye Tan has not seen such an expression on this man's face for a long time.

He usually has a plain face, even if there is something on his mind, his face is always the same, but today is different, he is sitting there looking dignified and cold, as if there is something important waiting for him to make a decision.

"Brother Nine..." Ye Tan walked over and glanced at the recording pen he had been holding in his hand, "In it is the recording of Tang Jingcheng's second confession that I managed to get from the police station, have you heard it? "

Guan nodded slightly.

"Then what did she say?" Ye Tan was curious, Guan Lue didn't answer, and put the recorder directly on the table.

Ye Tan took it over and pressed the play button.

The recording content started to play, and the first ones were all insignificant questions asked by the criminal police. Tang Jingcheng answered in a scattered way, without a clue, and her voice was extremely weak, and the content could hardly be heard clearly, only intermittent Gasps and trills from her chest.

It can be seen that Tang Jingcheng's situation was really bad during the confession process, but Ye Tan began to feel strange again after hearing it.

When the criminal police asked Tang Jingcheng where she had been and who she had met on the night of the incident, her voice was surprisingly calm.

Interpol: Miss Tang, did you meet the victim Yang Xi on November 11?

Tang Jingcheng: I've seen it!

Interpol: Where did you see it?

Tang Jingcheng: In that villa.

Interpol: What time is the meeting time?
Tang Jingcheng: I went there in the evening and came out after dark.

Interpol: Then where have you been since you left the villa?
Tang Jingcheng: Thyme.

Interpol: Who did you meet in Thyme?

Tang Jingcheng: ... (heavy breathing, for a long time) I didn't go in. I met a personal fitness trainer named Jiang Chao in the parking lot, and then I took him home.

Interpol: Then what?You were together that night?
Tang Jingcheng: (another series of heavy breathing), no, he left my apartment at about 9 o'clock.

Interpol: Then after 9 o'clock, who are you with after 9 o'clock?
Tang Jingcheng: ... (there was no answer, only a breath sound that was louder than one)
Interpol: After 9:[-], the more you think about it, the more unwilling you become. You don’t want your deceased husband to have an affair with the victim, and you don’t want the victim to take away your deceased husband’s property. So you went back to Xinyue Bay Villa to entangle with him. , kill the victim with a blunt weapon, right?
Tang Jingcheng: No, no... I didn't kill anyone!
Interpol: Then let me ask again, where were you from 11:9 am to 2:4 am on November [-]th?With whom?
Tang Jingcheng: (Long gasping sounds, each sound more intense, but not speaking!)
Interpol: Say, where?With whom?
Tang Jingcheng: ...I am alone, at home! ...But you have to believe me, I didn't kill people, really, I didn't... I didn't kill people!
There was an intense slap on the table from the recorder.

Interpol shouted: Be quiet, sit down!sit down! ...The suspect lost control of his emotions. Two people came in and put her down first...

After that, there was a sound of tables and chairs moving and pushing and twisting. Tang Jingcheng's whimpering and panting were particularly harsh in the recorder.

"Let go of me...you let me go!..."

Then the recording was stopped, leaving a busy tone.

Close your eyes slightly, and let out a long breath in your heart.

Ye Tan didn't notice the expression on Guan Lue's face, and added: "Brother Jiu, do you think Tang Jingcheng is strange? The police summoned the personal fitness trainer named Jiang Chao this afternoon. He admitted that on the night of November 11th he I did go to her apartment with Tang Jingcheng and didn't leave until 9 o'clock, the reason for leaving was that Tang Jingcheng had a friend visiting, but why didn't she mention this friend in her statement?"

Guan slightly pressed his temples with his thumbs, his face became more condensed.

Ye Tan was still asking: "Tang Jingcheng refused to cooperate with the statement, and there is no alibi. Do you think Yang Xi was really killed by her?"

"impossible!"

"Why are you so sure?"

"Because on the night of the incident, between 2 am and 4 am, I was with her..."

……

The case of Yang Xi's murder was arbitrarily magnified by the media, love murder, vendetta murder, murder for inheritance... Various gimmicks made this case flourish.

Tang Jingcheng has been in the police station for 48 hours, and the investigation of the case has not progressed. On the third day, she was officially transferred to the detention center.

Yu Huanxi was getting more and more desperate.

Tang Ji was even more anxious. He entrusted a lot of connections and wanted to go to the detention center to have a look at Tang Jingcheng, but it was impossible.

On the fourth day, lawyer Fang finally asked Yu Huanxi to meet.

"Miss Yu, I have interviewed all the people involved in this case in the past few days. Even the security guard downstairs asked her. The security guard confirmed that she did bring a male fitness trainer home before 8:9 p.m. Leaving her apartment at 9 o'clock, another man went to her in the middle, but she insisted in her statement that she stayed at home alone after 9 o'clock and did not meet anyone again, so she only had the time before 2 o'clock Alibi, but the time of the victim's death was after 9:2 in the morning, you have to know, from [-]:[-] to [-]:[-] in the morning, a full five hours, she has enough time to commit the crime!"

Lawyer Fang went through all the clues.

Yu Huanxi shook her head, this was the first time she had encountered such a thing, and her thoughts were all messed up.

"Then what should we do now? If what the security guard said is true, will we be able to prove her alibi after 9 o'clock as long as we find that other man?"

"It's a bit difficult. The security guard doesn't know the identity and name of the man. He only knows that he knew Ms. Tang, and Ms. Tang denied in her statement that another man went to her after 9 o'clock, so..."

"What are you doing!" Yu Huanxi had already messed up, "Then we just sit and wait!"

Lawyer Fang raised his glasses in embarrassment: "The case has not progressed for a long time, and all kinds of evidence are against Ms. Tang. If this drags on, there will only be one result. The case will be sentenced after being tortured."

"How can this be!" Yu Huanxi realized the seriousness of the matter, and knew that once the case was filed, everything would be a foregone conclusion. "Is there no other way to think about it?"

Lawyer Fang paused, then raised his head: "Yes, the worst plan is to get a light sentence for her."

"But I believe she won't kill people at all!"

"But it's not up to us now!" Attorney Fang became agitated, "I have been a criminal defense lawyer for so many years, and I understand the feelings of every suspect's family, but often the facts are not as expected, we must first Prepare for the worst, so that you can have countermeasures when the court officially opens!"

After being yelled at by the lawyer, Yu Huanxi could only suppress her temper: "Okay, tell me, how do you do it?"

Lawyer Fang raised his glasses again: "According to the information you provided earlier, Miss Tang suffers from autonomic nervous disorder. Do you have her diagnosis certificate?"

……

The next day, a shocking news was exposed in the media. The famous female artist and national jade carver Ms. Tang Jingcheng had been diagnosed with severe autonomic disorder three months ago.

Many people are unfamiliar with the name of the disease, and the well-meaning media also listed all the symptoms of the disease under the news, such as uncontrollable emotions and behaviors, easy mania, depression, various functional disorders, and often do outrageous things... …

From the public's point of view, it's very simple, Tang Jingcheng is now a mentally ill patient, an out-and-out lunatic.

From the perspective of lawyer Fang, as long as the judge accepts that Tang Jingcheng is a mental patient, according to the provisions of the criminal law, at least the sentence can be given a lighter or commuted sentence.

When Guan Lue saw this news on the Internet, he was instantly furious, so that all those who stared at Yang Xi in those few days received heavy fines.

The people below didn't know what happened, and they all felt like they were facing a big enemy, but Ye Tan vaguely understood something in his heart.

"Ninth Brother, you and her..."

"what do you wish to ask?"

"That night, you and Tang Jingcheng were together...is there...?"

Guan Lue threw away the mouse in his hand: "Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, help me arrange it, I will go to the detention center in the afternoon!"

"you go…"

"I'm going to see her!"

Guan Lue drove to the detention center by himself in the afternoon, and the responders inside took him to the visiting room.

About 10 minutes later, an assistant policeman came out and said apologetically, "I'm sorry Mr. Guan, she doesn't want to see you!"

This is unexpected by Guan Lue. Why is this woman thinking in her heart?
The police assistant sent Guan Lue out, but when he reached the door, he still couldn't hold back and asked, "She's inside, how's the situation?"

"It's not good, the mood is very abnormal. Either I don't talk all day long, and I don't want to eat much, or I mess around in the middle of the night, hitting my head against the wall, biting my arm with my teeth... so there is no way. From the day before yesterday, we can only Shut her up in a room alone."

Guan Lue sat in the car and smoked a full half pack of cigarettes. He stretched out his hand and held it on the steering wheel. He could clearly see the shallow scar on the back of his hand.

The scabs had all come off, leaving only a pale white mark, which was particularly glaring on his bronze-colored skin.

"Yezi, help me contact the lawyer in charge of Tang Jingcheng's case!"

"Brother Jiu, are you planning to go to court? No, you can't go to court. This case is well known. Once you go to court, you may be recognized. And have you considered Sister Qingxiao? She found out that you were with Tang Jingcheng that night..."

"Yezi, I repeat, help me contact that lawyer!"

(End of this chapter)